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This will be a huge gift horse to Zuckerberg/Facebook and I have a sneaking suspicion it's a project of Peter Thiel. There are a lot of remedies that could be t

This will be a huge gift horse to Zuckerberg/Facebook and I have a sneaking suspicion it's a project of Peter Thiel. There are a lot of remedies that could be taken if we suspect TikTok of malfeasance, but a straight up ban? I smell fish.

xxpor 6y ago
If it is a project of Peter Thiel, I would hope that would finally wake everyone up to how bad faith calling himself a libertarian is.
- cromwellian 6y ago
  Just consider the HUGE conflict of interest if an Facebook board member, and Trump inner circle confidant, had any input into this process.
  - supergirl 6y ago
    where is the conflict? facebook is an america company so the president would be acting in the interest of an american company
    - cromwellian 6y ago
      The conflict is the presidents advisor sitting on the board of the company most likely to benefit from the ban.
- temp20160423 6y ago
  I disagree. This would prove why big government is dangerous. This is the perfect example of how powerful individuals can leverage governmental power to enrich themselves. He's like Trump, pointing out all these problems while exploiting them to the max.
  - cromwellian 6y ago
    So you're letting him off the hook for hypocrisy? There's lots of other libertarians and non-libertarians playing by the rules and not benefitting from crony capitalism. Are you excusing Thiel for being a total hypocrite (e.g. making his money from government contracts) all the while telling everyone else to be a rugged individualist? Are we supposed to admire looting the government as a kind of 5 dimensional chess, where the profiteers weren't actually grifters, but merely trying to make a philosophical point? You know in security research, there are white hats, who find the exploits, notify about them, and are rewarded with recognition and sometimes bounties. And there are black hats who use the exploits to pillage. These people don't get credit for 'raising awareness' And in my view, Palantir is not a white hat libertarian exercise demonstrating how crony capitalism is bad and how we need smaller government.
weiming 6y ago
"Peter Thiel sells most of remaining Facebook stake (2017)" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-stake/peter-thiel-sells-most-of-remaining-facebook-stake-idUSKBN1DM2BQ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-stake/peter-thie...
- cromwellian 6y ago
  He’s still on the board and is a friend of Zuck.

xxpor 6y ago

If it is a project of Peter Thiel, I would hope that would finally wake everyone up to how bad faith calling himself a libertarian is.

cromwellian 6y ago
Just consider the HUGE conflict of interest if an Facebook board member, and Trump inner circle confidant, had any input into this process.
- supergirl 6y ago
  where is the conflict? facebook is an america company so the president would be acting in the interest of an american company
  - cromwellian 6y ago
    The conflict is the presidents advisor sitting on the board of the company most likely to benefit from the ban.
temp20160423 6y ago
I disagree. This would prove why big government is dangerous. This is the perfect example of how powerful individuals can leverage governmental power to enrich themselves. He's like Trump, pointing out all these problems while exploiting them to the max.
- cromwellian 6y ago
  So you're letting him off the hook for hypocrisy? There's lots of other libertarians and non-libertarians playing by the rules and not benefitting from crony capitalism. Are you excusing Thiel for being a total hypocrite (e.g. making his money from government contracts) all the while telling everyone else to be a rugged individualist? Are we supposed to admire looting the government as a kind of 5 dimensional chess, where the profiteers weren't actually grifters, but merely trying to make a philosophical point? You know in security research, there are white hats, who find the exploits, notify about them, and are rewarded with recognition and sometimes bounties. And there are black hats who use the exploits to pillage. These people don't get credit for 'raising awareness' And in my view, Palantir is not a white hat libertarian exercise demonstrating how crony capitalism is bad and how we need smaller government.

weiming 6y ago

"Peter Thiel sells most of remaining Facebook stake (2017)" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-stake/peter-thiel-sells-most-of-remaining-facebook-stake-idUSKBN1DM2BQ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-stake/peter-thie...

cromwellian 6y ago
He’s still on the board and is a friend of Zuck.